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![[Norte Pequeno commune]](../images/p/pt-chtnp.gif) 2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 2 Dec 2010
2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 2 Dec 2010
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Dec 2010 
![[Norte Pequeno commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-chtnp).gif) image by Sérgio Horta, 2 Dec 2010
image by Sérgio Horta, 2 Dec 2010 
Shield Vert a compass rose Argent garnished and main pointed Gules between two lyres Argent stringed Sable in canton, in base a milk cow passant Argent spotted Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters  "NORTE PEQUENO".
Meaning:
"Norte pequeno" is Portuguese for "little north" -  the arms are thus partly canting (compass rose).
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Dec 2010 
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 28 May 2003 
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Dec 2010
Norte Pequeno Commune is one of the five communes of Calheta (Açores) Municipality; it had 300 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 11,59 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Dec 2010
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